"Why BigOil Conquered the world?"

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There is what I think is a truly brilliant two hour documentary by that name that I believe sets the stage for looking at the last century of history in an entirely new light.

A movie entied "All the Money in the World" also fills in pieces of the puzzle.

There is a saying that if somebody with an IQ of 118, (like I was told that I had after writing the SAT back in 1980 and again in 1982 or 1983), talks to somebody with an IQ thirty points higher than them that the conversation can be a bit like a human talking to a cow!

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No . A cow can't speak .

Given time a simple person ( no disrespect by the way by me in this post , to the simple or everyday people ) knows nothing more than immediate life concerns .

 

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The OP . Oil was cheap .